GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| foppish | foolish |